Customer Reviews

Crash Bang Boom

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Crash! Bang! Boom! is an unusual picture book which, rather than telling a story, provides an auditory and visual experience of the world. Each two-page spread contains about twenty actions which are related to one another in some way, with a written-out sound effect -- a boiling coffeepot sounding "glub-blub-glubglub" and then being poured, "luck-luck-luck," a chain-saw sounding "rrrooaarrrrr" and an axe hitting a thumb with a "thack."

The book is characterized by Spier's lively, intricately detailed drawings and has a very appealing mood. It ought to provide wonderful phonetic practice for beginning readers, and will also be enjoyable for confident readers. Preschoolers will enjoy having it read to them, but adults may find it wearying to read aloud, so I recommend it primarily for self-reading.

Like many of Spier's wonderful books, this one is out of print, but is available on the used market.

My son finds it very funny to here us read all of the household sounds that are illustrated in this book.

My son loved this book as a toddler, and now I bought it for my daughter who is teaching English to grade school kids in Germany. Kids love to hear the words that make sounds, and the pictures are great, and will bring up more words to learn for objects and people doing chores. The board book format holds up the best for young children, and in classrooms where many hands will use the book.